Updated September 29, 2026. Rank says Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.
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Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the higher public score estimate, 54.95 versus 42.47, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner. 3 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads on the public coding lane, 47.1 to 19.6, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the larger documented context window.
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Claude Haiku 4.5 does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has no comparable published API token rate.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.
The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.
Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.7
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads the like-for-like coding row.
Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Math
Normalized gap 17.2FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Math
Normalized gap 2.1Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.7 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 19.6Supported · #124/143 | 47.1Supported · #47/143 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 4 vs 5 public rows | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads |
| Agentic | 22.0Supported · #96/117 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 34.8Estimated · #119/169 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign v5.7 lane · 2 vs 1 public rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 28.8Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 41.3Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.7) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has no comparable published API token rate.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has no comparable published API token rate.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Claude Haiku 4.5 does not fit this workload in one request. Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has no comparable published API token rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
256K
Claude Haiku 4.5
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Claude API pricingQwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Claude Haiku 4.5
$0.1 per 1M cached input tokens
Claude API pricingQwen 3.6 Max (preview)
No comparable hosted API rate
Claude Haiku 4.5
Not sourced
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Not sourced
Claude Haiku 4.5
Not sourced
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Not sourced
Claude Haiku 4.5
Not sourced
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Not sourced
Claude Haiku 4.5
Non-Reasoning
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Reasoning
Claude Haiku 4.5
Proprietary
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Proprietary
Claude Haiku 4.5
Proprietary
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
Proprietary
Claude Haiku 4.5
2025-10-15
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
2026-04-20
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the higher public score estimate, 54.95 versus 42.47, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads the public coding lane, 47.1 to 19.6, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the larger documented context window: 256K, compared with 200K.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
JobBench
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
QwenClawBench
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
Not directly comparable
VulcanBench v3
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench (Vals)
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads this result
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
SciCode
Not directly comparable
NL2Repo
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Shared sourceQwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads this result
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Shared sourceQwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads this result
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Last updated September 29, 2026
